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- Title
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated Coronavirus Infection.
- Authors
Chan, Paul K. S.; Ip, Margaret; Ng, K. C.; Chan, Rickjason C. W.; Wu, Alan; Lee, Nelson; Rainer, Timothy H.; Joynt, Gavin M.; Sung, Joseph J. Y.; Tam, John S.
- Abstract
Whether severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection can be asymptomatic is unclear. We examined the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV among 674 healthcare workers from a hospital in which a SARS outbreak had occurred. A total of 353 (52%) experienced mild self-limiting illnesses, and 321 (48%)were asymptomatic throughout the course of these observations. None of these healthcare workers had antibody to SARS CoV, indicating that subclinical or mild infection attributable to SARS-CoV in adults is rare.
- Subjects
SARS disease; CORONAVIRUS diseases; RESPIRATORY infections; SYNDROMES; IMMUNOGLOBULINS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003, Vol 9, Issue 11, p1453
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0911.030421